Kaleidoscope_Eyes, not sure if you were directing your query about Dean Koontz at anyone in particular, but in my own opinion, Dean Koontz is a great author, although his endings tend to be a bit disappointing. Although I didn't care for 77 Shadow Street, most of his other ones are pretty good. His books are easy reads and interesting as well as creepy. I can recommend some specific titles, if you like.

Dean Koontz - so you would recommend him? I see his books in shops and libraries all the time.... How would you describe his writing?

Dean Koontz is pretty much a Stephen King clone, but most of what I've read from him is pretty good. I'm a huge fan of his Odd Thomas novels. He's written four books about this character so far. The stories are kind of silly (they're about a guy who sees dead people and has Elvis Presley's and later on Frank Sinatra's ghost as his sidekick), but very entertaining.

Just finished Hideaway - Dean Koontz. I can see how he is a Stephen King wanabe, and I thought that book lacked a plot. It seemed that Koontz just had a brilliant idea and a conclusion but not much in between. No story or character development.... I am reading now another book of his, Life Expectancy.

Dean Koontz is pretty much a Stephen King clone, but most of what I've read from him is pretty good. I'm a huge fan of his Odd Thomas novels. He's written four books about this character so far. The stories are kind of silly (they're about a guy who sees dead people and has Elvis Presley's and later on Frank Sinatra's ghost as his sidekick), but very entertaining.

Sounds entertaining indeed, Joost. I might give it a go if I like his other books

I'm reading as many Philip K.Dick books as I can atm. There's about 15-20 available from the libraries I've joined. I'm reading a book of 3 early novels atm but am most looking forward to the latter masterworks like Martian time-slip and A maze of death.

Just started Sophie Kinsella's (aka Madeleine Wickham) new book, I've Got Your Number; yay! She is one of my favorite authors and one of only three I will buy in hardcover without waiting for the paperback (the others are Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child). I need a happy read right about now.

I went to the library today (I really wish I could just live there) and got some books: For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway, Paraplymakarens Barn (translation: The Umbrellamakers Child...hm) by Jascha Golowanjuk and Poésies by Arthur Rimbaud. I also got the movie All About Eve

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LovedFor Whom the Bell Tolls (indeed, almost all Hemingway's stuff), and I've always wanted to see All About Eve. I haven't yet.

Enjoy, AppleScruffy96!

I certainly will! I've never read For Whom The Bell Tolls before and I've only seen parts of the movie so far, I can't wait to start reading the book It's always so much fun when you start reading a new book, if I may say so myself, it's the best thing in the world!

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It's really a fascinating portrait of Paris during the Jazz Age but you probably won't like Papa Hemingway very much after you read it. Of course the cure for that is to read For Whom the Bell Tolls again.

It's really a fascinating portrait of Paris during the Jazz Age but you probably won't like Papa Hemingway very much after you read it. Of course the cure for that is to read For Whom the Bell Tolls again.

I've heard he was quite a misogynist. It's funny; I've read just about all his stuff but really don't know very much about him as a person.